Dark Company: The Borrowers (alpha mix)

The Borrowers by Dark Company. From CD 1, 'SNAFU', of the triple CD album 'A for Acronym'. THE BORROWERS Belief weighs down the scales of wonder You gotta move quick get out from under Time cuts minutes of shiny brass Happy at its appointed task The hour-hammer hits a brazen gong The notes ring out the day bells' song Corkscrew pulls out the cork of life Sun's ray cuts like a golden knife Hear the music of the atmosphere The rain is gone the sky is clear Clouds of weeks queue far away Will they go or will they stay Counselled ministers’ social space Never quite meeting face to face Translate the years as stepping stones Leaving love in the end-game zone Trying to avoid the sad parade Pretending it's like some charade Lyrics by P. Greatorex September 10th-14th 2013. Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex. Copyright © 2013 D & G Music/Explicit Music. Performers: ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – vocals Zak Black - clean guitar, backing vocal Barry Bridges - dirty guitar Josh Reynes - piano, organ, keys Maxx Damage – bass Sven Stiglund – drums Cover Art: “Vimana” by Peter Greatorex. See: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex/original-artwork-by-peter-greatorex-gallery-6/ Copyright ℗ 2026 Wud Records. FUN FACTS: * The lyrics for this song were written 10th to 14th September 2013. * George would wail away softly to his baby daughter whilst dancing her to sleep. * This was how the backing vocal part came to him. * On this recording it sounds like somebody deflating a goose with a terrible beak ache. * The guitars and bass were both one long take that end when they end. * The clean guitar in the left is the one that was played as Pete was singing. * The guitars will be arranged a bit better when we come back to work on this song. * The three verses are repeated thrice. * It somehow feels right, despite it being a bit odd. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/a-for-acronym-cd-1-snafu/ https://linktr.ee/dark.company https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/a-for-acronym/the-borrowers